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Acacia diaphana

Acacia diaphana
Photo: Gderrin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Acacia diaphana is a bushy, spreading wattle shrub from southern Western Australia, growing 1.5 to 3 m tall with golden yellow flower balls. It is a little-known species, so most growing advice is general wattle care.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly when young, then allow the top of the soil to dry between waterings; it tolerates seasonal waterlogging in the wild.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or loamy soil; tolerates clay
Temperature
Mild subtropical to temperate conditions; frost-tolerant to moderate cold, protect from hard frost
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Acacia diaphana is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a bushy, spreading shrub with ascending linear phyllodes, spherical heads of golden yellow flowers and is found in Cape Arid National Park.

Where it grows

This species of wattle grows in clay or sandy loam in waterlogged depressions, often with Eucalyptus occidentalis in an area north-west of Mount Ragged in the Cape Arid National Park, in the Coolgardie and Mallee bioregions.

Other Acacia plants

Acacia abbatiana · Acacia abbreviata · Acacia abrupta · Acacia acanthaster · Harrow Wattle · Acacia acellerata · Gold-dust acacia · Acacia aciphylla · Acacia acoma · Acacia acradenia · Strap Leaved Wattle · Acacia acuaria

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acacia diaphana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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